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 Published on February 13th 2004 Modest Mouse have always been an interesting band with equally interesting a sound. It's nearly impossible to compare them to another band -- their weird combination of country, trad rock, and noise have stumped a-many music fans since the early 90's. As a band, they've lived off defying categorization since their inception, always turning left when you've thought they were going to turn right. In terms of song constructive patterns, the band has none -- they've followed whatever was in their stoned-out minds, even if people told them it was a bad idea. They might have scrapped some things after realizing they actually were bad ideas, but even those 'scraps' made a damn fine album (2000's Building Nothing out of Something was a compilation of b-sides and rarities from the Up catalog). But they did make a crucial mistake very early on, and that was not releasing their original debut album. Most fans think that This is a Long Drive (1996) was their first record, but it was actually this album right here -- originally recorded in 1994 by Calvin Johnson (founder of K Records and current member of Dub Narcotic Sound System). The first 12 tracks on Sad Sappy Sucker were originally packaged to be the album that was eventually scrapped, but it also features the recordings from the Worms Vs Birds and Blue Cadet 3 vinyls, and nine songs from Issac Brock's Dial-A-Song project (most of which are extremely odd and pointless, ringing in no longer than 35 seconds a piece). The actual Modest Mouse material that made it's way onto the album is all nearly flawless, although some of it does lack the sparks that flew during their later recordings, although "Worms vs. Birds", "Dukes Up", and "From Point A to Point B" come close. While it's a shame to call Sad Sappy Sucker inessential, it really is. Sure, it's a nice treat for those interested in hearing their early years, but for those who already owned and/or downloaded their earlier materials before they were made available for this disc, it comes off as kind of pointless. Isaac's dial-a-sound recordings are interesting to hear, but they're really nothing special. They sound like things that were eventually made into Modest Mouse songs, or things that were actually part of their songs already. All in all, they should have put them on a bonus disc rather than combine it with the original album's material -- but hey, I really shouldn't be complaining about it. It was a gift that K even released the album onto CD, because a lot of these tracks never made it past the 7" format. Check this album out if you're a diehard, but this isn't the place to start off if you're just discovering Modest Mouse -- start off with This Is A Long Drive.People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
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And I know The Casualities aren't on either of those labels so save your breath. how about using paragraphs in your review? and the fact that i work for an independent software company that started in pittsburgh from the ground up is pretty cool. i guess supporting small business isnt cool either though right? you do realize indy labels are small business's also, so i think i am helping change the system. one more sale for me is one less for some gigantic software giant. its the equivelent of working at an indy record store dickhead. god i love how you indy fags shoot your mouths off all the time. pretentious assholes, go listen to your q and not u cd and jack off. hell yea i still like nofx. and yea, i forgot, having a real job makes me not punk, cuz so much change in the world is made by all you unemployed punks or punks with shitty jobs. sorry i got educated. and dignin, i'm sure you're making a huge change in the system taking pictures in fucking utah. you're 23 and still like nofx, ouch. Hey, don't worry though you'll probably take down the system as a software salesman. modest mouse. uhh, my pretentious art fag friend loves this shit. he used to love nofx. i miss the old him. this stuff is just crap. pure shit. i would like to take a modest dump on their heads. saw them live on thursday "this is only the debut album in the sense that it was recorded prior to long drive," really bad review. you clearly don't know dick about modest mouse. this is only the debut album in the sense that it was recorded prior to long drive, but it was never intended to be released as an album. they were just things isaac did by himself. only about half the songs on here feature a full band. Any band that puts their music on an advert loses artistic merit immediately, unless they need the money. Somebody give this kid a cookie!!! I've got the entire new album suckers. This band's split CD/12" with 764-HERO is complete gold. I love that record to death. It was actually my first exposure to Modest Mouse. did anyone else see the Saturn commercial with "Gravity Rides Everything." I love that song. well hell don't let this cd scare you away. I'm a hardcore modest mouse fan I dont care for this release. Find a burned copy of either The Moonn and Antartica or Lonesome crowded West. "forty, what cd's have you heard?" "why the Hell were you watching last call without wanting to see the band?" "I tried to care about this band, but I just can't give a shit. It's not that I think they suck or anything, they're just kind of there." forty, what cd's have you heard? "The actual Modest Mouse material that made it's way onto the album is all nearly flawless, although some of it does lack the sparks that flew during their later recordings, although "Worms vs. Birds", "Dukes Up", and "From Point A to Point B" come close." I tried to care about this band, but I just can't give a shit. 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